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Question: Which of the following statements best describes how your daily work is organized?
Choices: "I am free to decide how my daily work is organized" "I can decide how my daily work is organized, within certain limits" "I am not free to decide how my daily work is organized"
Data: % of "I am free to decide how my daily work is organized" "I can decide how my daily work is organized, within certain limits"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark86.8%
2 Switzerland85.0%
3 Finland82.6%
3 New Zealand82.6%
5 France82.0%
6 Canada79.9%
7 Germany77.3%
8 Norway76.9%
9 Australia76.3%
9 United States76.3%
11 Republic of Korea75.9%
12 Belgium75.8%
13 Slovenia73.6%
14 Ireland73.2%
15 Mexico72.2%
16 Czech Republic68.5%
16 Japan 68.5%
18 Israel66.9%
19 Spain66.0%
20 Portugal64.7%
21 Hungary62.6%
22 Latvia56.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 4.085663 X +3.739
Correlation coefficient (r)0.646
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.417

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 185874.913129 X -88252.038
Correlation coefficient (r)0.538
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.289

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 22.216957 X +64.128
Correlation coefficient (r)0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.382708 X +1.899
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.301207 X +10.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000